As you know at the end of March we set our clocks forward an hour. This is part of an ambitious programme to save energy called Daylight Saving Time. The last Sunday of October (that is today) our clocks go back one hour for the same reason. The change is usually performed during the night so that this last night has actually been the longest night of the year.
If you want to read more about the origin of this practice, how it works and its effects, here's an interesting and serious article in the Wikipedia.
This issue, however, is quite controversial and of course not everybody is happy with this policy: read an article in The Guardian to see how Scottish farmers feel about it.
I've just found this video calling for action against the change of the time twice a year. Have a look at it. What do you think?
